For you this week: We ask if blockchain can track a diamond’s “lifetime journey” to stop theft and fraud and ensure that it wasn’t sold to finance war. We also review the bad news—and the good!—in the ongoing battle for cybersecurity. Then we look at why companies should ask for IoT that’s “baked in,” and we imagine a world where ERP apps are always current with the latest innovations. — By Jeff Erickson, Oracle Editor-at-Large |
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| | Interview: The IoT Is in the Applications | By now businesses are convinced that IoT can improve their operations, “but they really don’t want to assemble IoT solutions themselves,” says Oracle’s Bhagat Nainani. Instead, they want to see IoT data from industrial operations, manufacturing, transportation, and field service integrated into the business application they already use. Five examples. |
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| Reimagining ERP | More than 80% of finance leaders responding to a recent survey said staying current with technology is the top benefit of moving ERP functionality to the cloud. Now SaaS customers can more easily incorporate emerging technologies such as chatbots, mobility, AI, predictive analytics, and blockchain. How customers benefit. |
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Events | Breakfast Seminar: Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Cloud June | Denmark, Sweden, Finland, and Norway |
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| Oracle Analytics Summit 2019 June 25 | Skywalker Ranch |
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Oracle Code One 2019 September 16–19 | San Francisco |
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| Oracle OpenWorld September 16–19 | San Francisco |
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